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The Pantheon : or, fabulous history of the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c, explained in a manner entirely new ; with an appendix by William Cooke . ffering « for the health of every indiuoual, as well « for the state. The God Genius was adored by the Greeks, andaccording to Pausumus, had a temple in the road leadingTo mom* Minalus. At the close of supper a cup wasalways offered him of wine and water, and called die 61 WeS has such an influence on the affairs of life, thatit has i„ all ,gcs been the^ object of public>**&&of secret idolatry, Thus the Romans deified both I luUSa. d lccunia, or Money. Menander wittily observesI li b,ect, -Thatif you can possess tinsj deityi,>u may ask and have what you please > even the gods*«themselvesshall beat your devotwn. Silence was, amongst the Romans, both a mak andfemale- deitv, by the names of Harpocrates and Aflgero-„ , but the latter seems oniy to have been a female ,„.,- Aon of the former, whom they borrowed from theEgyptians. He was the sow of 1 si,, begotten by 0«n, 2a ms death, aodo* that account said to have been a weakly ,.J7C> os ,l1 k. OiSI9^ |HWIfflfc|||HHrai i rf-Z ?!, /;,/?/,??,,?„?<;, , , ,,/.;/?,?,„?! •
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